Croghan Demesne

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croghan Demesne, from 24 m² to 287,003 m² (28.7 ha, 70.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Croghan Demesne in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Apr 2026Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660217

• 27 Mar 2026N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660161

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660132

• 7 Jun 2023Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL CONSIST OF WORK THAT WILL ALTER PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FILE 22179(UNDEVELOPED) TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING, (1) INCREASE THE SITE AREA, (2) NEW LOCATION FOR VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (3)ALTER LOCATION ON THE SITE OF THE SAME DESIGN HOUSE AND (4) ANY ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23261

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  (A) 1 NO. NEW STOREY AND HALF TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22179

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Croghan Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• OF010-012 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Large subcircular structure (c. 3m diam.) on hillside with small stream flowing from it located to the N of Cannakill School at the foothills of Croghan Hill. Built with drystone walling. Obscured by dense growth of briars and is not used. Described by Reynolds (SMR 1977) as an abandoned well (diam. 3m) with remains of collapsed dry stone walling which is partially covered by a dense growth of briars. In 1934 the National Schools Survey of Holy Wells recorded that there ‘was an ash tree growing beside the well. The tree was very old and only a portion of the trunk remains standing now. Out of the trunk branches have grown and are making good progress. There is no pattern day or days of pilgrimage connected with this well. In years gone by people used visit this well to get a drink of the water and take some away. They used also rub the infected part with the water. This well was visited particularly for cure for teethaches. I saw the bark of this tree thick with pins. It would appear that when a person visited the well he or she put a pin into the tree or put in a number of pins’ (NFC 468, 138). (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 40; Comerford 1883, 321) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 18 December 2013

• OF010-057 Stone head
  Description

  Late medieval limestone head set into outbuilding of farmyard behind nineteenth century house that faces onto main road from Croghan to Rhode. Head appears to have chain mail and there are other medieval cut stone fragments incorporated into the fabric of the nineteenth century outhouse. This head along with the fragments may have come from nearby Croghan Castle (OF010-010003-), or from a second castle in the vicinity of this outhouse.. Beside the head there is datestone (OF010-057001-) with the initials T M (Thomas Moore) and the date 1681 carved onto its surface. This datestone may originally have come from Croghan Castle (OF010-010003-) or from a second castle in the vicinity of this outhouse. Finely carved head protruding from the external wall of an outhouse which is constructed from rubble of a medieval building of unknown origin. The head has bulging eyes, a stiff mouth, prominent eyebrows with broken chin. The top of the head is flat suggesting possible use as a corbel. To the right of the head on the wall there is a wall plaque with inscription which reads TM 1681. Outhouse is possibly built on the site of a castle owned by George Moore in 1598, the rubble of which was incorporated into the outhouse. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF010-057001 Inscribed stone
  Description

  Finely carved head (OF010-057----) protruding from the external wall of an outhouse which is constructed from rubble of a medieval building of unknown origin or unknown location. The head has bulging eyes, a stiff mouth, prominent eyebrows with broken chin. The top of the head is flat suggesting possible use as a corbel. To the right of the head on the wall there is a wall plaque with inscription which reads TM 1681. Outhouse is possibly built on the site of a castle owned by George Moore in 1598, the rubble of which was incorporated into the outhouse. Late medieval limestone head set into farmyard wall. Appears to have chain-mail. Walls also contain late-medieval cut stone and a plaque with date of 1681 and initials J.M. (OF010-057001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF010-486 Burial ground
  Description

  Burial ground consisting of two extended skeletons orentated on an E-W axis and five skulls belonging to similar burials were uncovered by Dominic Delany in 1997 under licence no. 97U0001 during archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping in advance of a proposed development at Croghan Demesne. Burial ground was located on S facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views to the S, E and W, higher ground immediately to N. Nearby holy well known as Finnrenashark holy well (OF010-012----) located 34m to SE and second holy well (OF010-011----) located 167m to WSW. At least seven burials orientated on an E-W axis were uncovered at a depth of 0.3m below the surface of the ground. The disarticulated skeletal remains of other burials were also uncovered. The development was relocated to an adjoining field and the burial ground was backfilled and preserved in situ. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1925, with the SE insignia and manufacturer's mark 'W.T. Allen & Co. London' to the base. Set in rendered wall.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1827 and remodelled in 1960. Set within its own grounds. Comprising three-bay side elevation on to nave with side chapel to south west and flat-roofed porches to sides and rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, coping and terracotta finials to gables and cast-iron rainwater goods, carved limestone cross finial to east gable. Pebbledashed walls with smooth render to plinth and rendered quoins. Pointed-arched window openings with moulded rendered surrounds and painted sills. Stained glass windows to east with timber tracery to windows elsewhere, metal casement windows to side chapel and porches. Square-headed doorways with replacement timber doors and moulded rendered surrounds. Interior with stucco decoration to ceiling, carved timber reredos and altar with timber balcony. Stone grotto, cast-iron bell tower and grave markers to yard. Front site bounded by stone wall with sandstone ashlar facing to road and piers with wrought-iron vehicular and pedestrian gates.

• Farm house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1820, with porch added to front. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and timber eaves brackets, terracotta ridge cresting with finial and decorative timber bargeboards. Pebble dashed walls with smooth render quoins and ruled-and-lined render to porch. Timber sash windows with tooled stone sills. Timber casement windows with moulded render surrounds to porch. Square-headed doorway with timber panelled door. Pitched random coursed outbuildings to east.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Croghan Demesne.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Croghan Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Croghan Demesne · Diméin Chruacháin

Area

1,882,860 m² (188.29 ha, 465.26 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyburly, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Lower

Electoral division

Croghan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croghan electoral division: 570 people in 182 households; 94% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore, Barrysbrook, Cannakill, Coole, Croghanhill, Grovesend, Oldcroghan

Placenames

Croghan Demesne on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.